Covid-19 and technology has greatly transformed the way the world goes to work. As per the ‘Future of Work in Logistics’ trend report by DHL, 9 in 10 respondents from 7000 surveyed felt that technology has been helpful to their career, over 50% admitted to viewing AI and automation as a potential threat.
Over 50% logistics workforce feel AI, automation spell threat to their jobs: DHL survey
Covid-19 has greatly transformed the way the world goes to work and has accelerated an already growing adoption of new technologies like automation, artificial intelligence in logistics. This has in turn raised concerns for professionals across the world about their job security and the future of the work is being relooked at and rebuilt by companies globally in light of these structural changes.
In light of the acute labour shortages faced by the supply chain and logistics sector in a number of nations and with ‘the great resignation’ phenomenon unfolding in the USA, where 4 million Americans quit their jobs in July 2021, it becomes important that the modern workplace and workforce has to be reimagined!
